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Setting Up the Cluster
c
Add the following values:
UsePersistentReservation
REG_DWORD
d
Setting this value to
1
enables Persistent Reservation.
PersistentReservation KeyREG_BINARY <PR key>. This is an
8-byte binary value that is unique to the cluster. The same binary
value must be used on all nodes in the cluster.
3 Set the disk time out to
60
.
Set the value of
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\dis
k\TimeOutValue to
60
seconds.
4 Set recovery of the iSCSI service:
a
Select Start
→ Run and type
Services.msc.
b
Double click on the MS iSCSI initiator services.
c
Select Recovery tab for directions to start recovery if the initiator
service fails.
d
Select Restart the Service for all three scenarios.
e
Set the Restart service after value to
0
.
5 From the first node, set up a PS Series group and create the volumes
required for the cluster environment.
Create the following volumes:
•
Quorum resource volume. Microsoft requires that you configure the
quorum disk with a size of 512 MB.
•
Volumes for service data, as needed.
Ensure that you have created one or more access control records for each
data volume to allow only the cluster nodes access to the volume. In
addition, reserve Snapshot space for each volume if you want to create
volume snapshots or use Auto-Snapshot Manager for VSS backups. For
more information, see "Setting Up the Dell|EqualLogic PS Series SAN" on
page 21.
6 Optimize the SAN network for performance.
For more information, see the EqualLogic Technical Report Network
Connection and Performance Guidelines.
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